Interviews with Ellen Coyle Myton
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- Date Range
- April 1987
- [1987]
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Two interviews with Ellen Myton (nee Coyle), daughter of egg carton inventor and Interior News founder Joseph Coyle. One was recorded in April 1987 by Carol Morgenthaler as part of a BVLD radio show. The other was recorded at an unknown date (likely also 1987) by Bulkley Valley Museum staff. Includ…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Carol Morgenthaler;
- Ruth Murdoch?
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.31
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 733 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- April 1987
- [1987]
- History / Biographical
- Ellen Coyle Myton (1911-1999) was the daughter of Joseph Coyle - inventor of the egg carton and founder of the Interior News - and his wife Winifred. She lived in Smithers from 1913 to 1918, after which the family moved to Vancouver and later Los Angeles in order to expand their egg carton business. She returned to Smithers on several occasions, including the 80th birthday of the Interior News, during which one or both of these interviews were recorded.
- Scope and Content
- Two interviews with Ellen Myton (nee Coyle), daughter of egg carton inventor and Interior News founder Joseph Coyle. One was recorded in April 1987 by Carol Morgenthaler as part of a BVLD radio show. The other was recorded at an unknown date (likely also 1987) by Bulkley Valley Museum staff. Includes raw and edited .WAV files and MP3 access files.
- Notes
- Second interviewer unidentified but sounds like Ruth Murdoch.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Ellen Coyle Myton - April 1987?
Ellen Coyle Myton gives an overview of her father's career, from working a boyhood job at a newspaper office in Ontario, to becoming the founder of the Interior News in Aldermere.
Aldermere; careers; Juno, Alaska; Ontario; Telkwa; typesetting; Washington state
Interior News; Joseph Coyle
Myton recounts her memories of Aldermere, including the difficulty of receiving water and milk, the precise location of the town, and a sled that her father gave her when she was a little girl.
Aldermere Heights; childhood; Croteau's ranch; location of Aldermere; sleigh; Telkwa; Tona Hetherington
Aldermere
Myton describes how her father ran the Interior News as a one-man business in Aldermere, including what sort of news was reported and how it was gathered.
isolation; London, England; news; newspapers; printing; typesetting; winter
Aldermere; business; Interior News
Myton discusses her family's move to Smithers around 1913-14 and life in the town during its earliest days.
Bulkley Hotel; cars; clearing land; ditches; Doodson's butcher shop; Joseph Coyle; Muriel Adams; news; pack train; railroad; roads
childhood; Interior News; Smithers
Myton describes where her family moved after Smithers and how her father's egg carton business expanded over the following years.
1920s; business; California; Depression of 1920-1921; invention; Los Angeles; Vancouver
egg carton; Joseph Coyle
Myton describes her teaching career and adult life, including moves along the west coast and a vacation to Europe.
Bellingham, Washington; Europe; New Westminster; retirement; Santa Monica, California; teaching
careers; Ellen Coyle Myton
Having returned to Smithers for the 80th anniversary of the Interior News, Ellen Coyle Myton describes her impression of the town and how it has changed since she left.
anniversary; Interior News; old vs. new
Smithers
Interview with Ellen Coyle Myton - [1987?]
Interview begins with Ellen Coyle Myton discussing the Catholic missionary Father Godfrey (Eichelsbacher), who baptized her as a child, as well as the Anglican Church that her mother attended in Telkwa. Note: interview starts mid-sentence without any introduction.
Anglicanism; baptism; Catholicism; Father Godfrey Eichelsbacher; mass; missionary; priest; Telkwa Anglican Church; worship
religion
Myton shares her childhood memories of Smithers, including the time she fell in the Main Street ditch.
Adams Drugstore; Jean Kilpatrick; Main Street ditch; Muriel Adams
childhood; Smithers
Myton describes her father's invention of the egg carton and how her family supported itself after leaving Smithers.
Depression of 1920-1921; Interior News; Jack McNeil; Los Angeles; Patrick Coyle; Vancouver
egg carton; inventions; Joseph Coyle
Subject changes abruptly (mid-sentence) to outings and social events in early Smithers, as well as Joseph Coyle's ranch and brick-making business in Tatlow. Interview ends without a proper conclusion.
berry picking; boating; brick-making business; cars; Chicken Lake; fishing; gatherings; Joseph Coyle; kiln; Lake Kathlyn; Moricetown; outdoors; picnics; salmon; Tatlow; Witset
outings; Smithers; social events